He even doubted his senses, to wit: "All that I have, up to this moment, accepted as possessed of the highest truth and certainty, I received either from or through the senses. ... He also questioned the truths of logic and reason since it is possible that he could be deceived by a demon which has the power to make things appear to be logical 9. ... This is a truth that is self-evident and cannot be doubted. ... Descartes believes he has the truth he has been looking for; a foundational truth on which other truth will be based. He observed that the truth 'I think therefore I am...

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In the sentence prior to this I want you to take note of the fact that I said "two positive statements." ... Dissonance is a conflict in tonality between notes. ... Greeks knew nothing of being ashamed of theirsleves but they did know what shame in the eyes of others were. ... But I must say that I find great humor in the second definition because it is so close to the truth about Socrates relationship with the citizens of Athens. ...

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- " How do you know what you know is in fact truth?... For instance, I believe that my roommate Chris is home from work if I see the headlights flash in the window, and the time is 1:00 AM and I see a figure walking up to the door, however as Descartes notes, "From time to time I have found that senses deceive."" ... It is up to you now the reader/listener to take all this and ask your self the question of do you believe in this reality or is there other one, where you exists in a bubble of ooze and where you are nothing more then a coppertop for machines and your mind locked in a prison in a...

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In The Truth of Ecology (2003), Dana Phillips critiques ecocriticism for the problematic separation of the literal and the literary; Phillips reminds us that texts written or read from an ecological perspective may well be literal (or descriptive or realistic or naturalistic) in mode but can't avoid being literary in medium. ...

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In the middle of the passage, we note that the men take turns to go have a peek at the woman whilst working and they report to one another of the progress that she's made. When it came to Tom's turn he did not report the truth of what he saw. ...

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